News archive from 2 August 2016

Around one couple in six experiences fertility problems.
Laura Washington, 32, a hairdresser from Cannock, Staffordshire, underwent a new procedure and is now a mother of one, as she tells ADRIAN MONTI.
THE PATIENT
After Chris and I married in 2005,...

August 1 Delphi Automotive Plc will launch a small test fleet of automated taxis in Singapore next year, aiming to ferry passengers around a city district in one of the first real-world tests of automated rides on demand, the company said on Monday....

Lizzie Armitstead has been cleared to compete in the Rio Olympics after winning an appeal against an anti-doping rule violation over whereabouts.
The 27-year-old from Otley, Yorkshire, faced a suspension for three failures relating to her whereabouts...

Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone IS facing up to the treachery of an old friend attempting to take him for a £40million ransom.
Pilot Jorge Eurico da Silva Faria is the wealthy boss of a helicopter company that has already raked in cash working for...

These are tragic last selfies taken before the doomed hot air balloon pilot hit power lines - killing all 16 on board.
Passengers shared pictures on social media only minutes before the aircraft plummeted from the sky.
They show them laughing and...

One of the leading promoters on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe says he is quitting the event because it has “lost its artistic purpose” and is being damaged by greed.
In a damning verdict delivered just days ahead of the 70th event getting underway...

A lavish tribute to David Bowie will be staged at the climax of this year’s Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo, organisers have revealed.
Images of the iconic rock star will be beamed onto Edinburgh Castle and fireworks will blast off while the massed...

Lizzie Armitstead has been cleared to compete in the Rio Olympics after winning an appeal against an anti-doping rule violation over whereabouts.
The 27-year-old from Otley, Yorkshire, faced a suspension for three failures relating to her whereabouts...

Ewan McGregor travelled to northern Iraq last week in his role as Unicef Ambassador and has said more must be done to "protect the extraordinary number of children who have been torn from their homes by violent conflict".
The actor met...

A charity that has been paid millions by the UK government for its work in Africa is under the control of a cult-like organisation, an investigation by the BBC and US partners has revealed. The group's senior leaders - wanted by Interpol - are thought...

Former Strictly Come Dancing star Kristina Rihanoff and her partner Ben Cohen have told of her gruelling labour as she gave birth to their daughter in June.
The Russian dancer and former professional rugby player have named the baby Milena, which they...

James Whale and Grant Bovey are the first to be nominated for eviction from this year's Celebrity Big Brother house.
Despite being on the receiving end of cruel taunts from Stephen Bear and Heavy D, James Whale received the most nominations from...

Coronation Street's Shayne Ward, 31, has revealed that he is expecting his first child with Hollyoaks actress Sophie Austin, 32,.
Former X Factor winner Shayne took to Twitter on Monday night to share the couple's good news, saying that he was...

Zenga’s appointment as Wolves’ new manager came out of left field following a nomadic coaching career which has taken in 15 jobs in the last 17 years across Italy, Romania, Serbia, the United States and the Middle East.
But the 56-year-old has...

Accompanied, she hopes, by five Rio Olympic gold medals and, for her future husband, a place in the British sporting record books.
“Obviously, I hope Jason wins three golds in Brazil,” she says. “If anything, I want him to become a Sir so I become...